Folk Bands and Artists
Minimal Klezmer
Venice
If you´re a fan of klezmer music you won´t have seen or heard anything like this before. This truly unique band combine phenomenal musicianship with a comedic physicality and a talent for abstraction that makes for a spectacularly entertaining performance. Musically rooted in traditional klezmer, the trio´s improvisation takes them everywhere from abstract jazz to comedic musical commentary. Minimal Klezmer will be playing two forty minute sets on the night with a twenty minute interval in between.
Born in the streets of London and based in Venice, Minimal Klezmer Trio was founded in 2011 by three musicians united by a background in classical music, an inclination towards improvisation, and a fatal passion for klezmer.
Their repertoire consists strictly of pieces of Eastern European origin with original arrangements that, in contrast to the more sacred and meditative aspects of klezmer, brings out the ironic, improvisational, and cabaret-esque elements of the music.
The minimal line-up of the trio, consisting of “portable” and acoustic instruments, is directly inspired by small klezmer street-formations, learned from the old recordings of Jacob Gegna, Josef Solinski and Mihal Viteazul dating from the early twentieth century.
Minimal Klezmer have enjoyed many prestigious concerts, recordings and radio appearances all over Europe, collaborating and sharing the stage with a host of renowned klezmer groups and musicians (the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Socalled to name just two). They have played many of the most important international klezmer, folk and jazz festivals (Les Nuit d’O- Montepellier 2016, Jewish Jazz Festival-Bologna 2016,Rhythms of The World- Hitchin 2014, Adriatico Mediterraneo Festival-Ancona 2013, VENETO JAZZ-Venezia 2016 and many more). This unique and intimate performance is definitely not to be missed!
